Mar 11 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts)
Mar 18 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
Mar 19 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England v South Africa (Cape Town)
Mar 20 54th Grand National: Capt. Roddy Owen wins aboard 20/1 chance Father O'Flynn
Birthdays in Sport
Mar 1 Billy Coutu, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1924; Montreal Canadiens; only player banned from NHL for life, attacked referee 1927), born in North Bay, Ontario (d. 1977)